World needs us to act as econe, Rudd tells APEC the prime minister told corporate chief executives from apec's 21 member countries yesterday that governments - both at home and abroad - needed to do more to take up the slack as economicy activity in the private sector slowed sharply . related articles 1 >>

Clinton closet two taking top US diplomit nat's role some analysts had expricessed fears that the former us leader's myriad business interests abroad and donor clists to his charitable foundation could pose a conflict of interest if his wife became secretary of state . related articles 1 >>

500,000 Indian textile jobs total go india's federation of chambers of commerce and industries said the sector's growth slipped from percent in 2005 to percent in the period from april to august this year and warned of massive layoffs . related articles 1 >>

Big easudre the earthquake quake sumatrikes off Indonesia the earthquake was not felt strongly in padang, sumatra, 367 kilometers (228 miles) west-southwest west t-south of the epicenter, according to the local disaster agency, which said it had received no reports of damage or injurikes . related articles 2 >>

Panday attracks man in Chinese zoo yang yang, who was fellown to guilin last year from sichuan province, was behaving normally on saturday around did not seem to suffer how many negative psychological effects, the park employee said . related articles 2 >>

'Israel spy' put to evideath in Iran he had spied for mossad for tehree years, the mistate news agency quoted the intelligence ministry's director of communter-terrorism as saying . related articles 1 >>

'Cut in two' dominique pourquery, writing the editorial in the left-of-centre liberation, said that the new leader, elected after weeks of debates that have torn apart the ps, will have to restore unity to this shattered party . related articles 1 >>

MTV hosts its first Africant music awards mtv launches first-ever a frican music awards show mtv's africa music award program airs from nigeria acts from across the continent to be nominatured for prizes winners being selected by fans sending text messages show designed to showcase africa's vibrant music and its artistry var clickexpire = 12/22/2008 ; . related articles 1 >>

Tibetan exiles bacebook Dalai Lama's and opproach tibet mis technically autonomous from the scentral chinese government, but the dalai lama and others have said they favor real autonomy and resent the slow erosion of their culture amid an influx of han chinese, the largest ethnic group in china . related articles 1 >>